WIKIS UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y EDUCACIÓN MAESTRÍA EN INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA October 20, 2009 Evelyn Izquierdo ICT in ELT course facilitator [email_address]

Agenda Defining what a wiki is Knowing its different educational uses Knowing different Wiki hosts Seeing some wiki samples Creating a wiki Setting up an ESL/EFL/ESP activity in your new wiki Inviting colleagues and students to visit your wiki

Defining what a wiki is

Knowing its different educational uses

Knowing different Wiki hosts

Seeing some wiki samples

Creating a wiki

Setting up an ESL/EFL/ESP activity in your new wiki

Inviting colleagues and students to visit your wiki

What is a Wiki? http:// www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id =20514

A Wiki is… A versatile Web 2.0 tool. It is an interactive and dynamic Website with pages that anyone can create, edit and contribute to. You can include texts, photos, videos, polls, gadgets or widgets and more. Web 2.0

A versatile Web 2.0 tool. It is an interactive and dynamic Website with pages that anyone can create, edit and contribute to. You can include texts, photos, videos, polls, gadgets or widgets and more.

What is it for? In education, a wiki can be used for… Course syllabus Seminar/course content Course projects Projects for kids Institutional Web sites Forum - Discussions - Social networks Events Workshops Online presentations A resource for teaching and learning

Course syllabus

Seminar/course content

Course projects

Projects for kids

Institutional Web sites

Forum - Discussions - Social networks

Events

Workshops

Online presentations

A resource for teaching and learning

Why a wiki? is free is easy to create is friendly has public or private access improves communication and interaction encourages students/readers participation promotes collaborative work facilitates course/peer/group projects provides a space for sharing resource materials improves student/student and teacher/students relationships develops creativity allows editions provides different editing tools and templates allows to add multiple Web applications is fun Because…

Where can I create a wiki? Here are some wiki hosts…

A wiki on Wetpaint

A wiki on PBworks

A wiki on Wikispaces

10 Top Wiki sites Source: http://lists.econsultant.com/top-best-wikis-websites.html 01. Wikipedia 02. wikiHow 03. Wikibooks 04. Wikinews 05. Wetpaint 06. Wikitravel 07. WikiHealth 08. ProductWIki 09. DIY Bookbinding 10. WikiFAQ

01. Wikipedia

02. wikiHow

03. Wikibooks

04. Wikinews

05. Wetpaint

06. Wikitravel

07. WikiHealth

08. ProductWIki

09. DIY Bookbinding

10. WikiFAQ

Some educational wiki samples Course syllabus http://6thgrade-07.pbwiki.com/ Seminar content http://web2meltingpot.wikispaces.com/ Course projects http://annualcourse2007-2008.wetpaint.com/ http://ingles2componentedocente2007.wetpaint.com/ Projects for kids http://lcb-childrenandjuniors-students.pbwiki.com/BreakfastShow http://lcb-childrenandjuniors-students.pbwiki.com/Toy+Story+by+Children+1

Course syllabus

http://6thgrade-07.pbwiki.com/

Seminar content

http://web2meltingpot.wikispaces.com/

Course projects

http://annualcourse2007-2008.wetpaint.com/

http://ingles2componentedocente2007.wetpaint.com/

Projects for kids

http://lcb-childrenandjuniors-students.pbwiki.com/BreakfastShow

http://lcb-childrenandjuniors-students.pbwiki.com/Toy+Story+by+Children+1

… Some educational wiki samples Organizations' dynamic and interactive Web sites http:// avealmec.pbwiki.com /FrontPage Forum - Discussions -Social network: http://episteme.wetpaint.com/ http://webheadsatwc3.wetpaint.com/ Events http://usb-avealmec.pbwiki.com/ http:// ictforeflteacher.wetpaint.com / Online presentations http://workshops4teflt.wikispaces.com/http://dafnegonzalez.com/langl/wiki-workshop.htm A resource for teaching and learning http:// theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com /

Organizations' dynamic and interactive Web sites

http:// avealmec.pbwiki.com /FrontPage

Forum - Discussions -Social network:

http://episteme.wetpaint.com/

http://webheadsatwc3.wetpaint.com/

Events

http://usb-avealmec.pbwiki.com/

http:// ictforeflteacher.wetpaint.com /

Online presentations

http://workshops4teflt.wikispaces.com/http://dafnegonzalez.com/langl/wiki-workshop.htm

A resource for teaching and learning

http:// theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com /

Now, let’s work! Image: http://www.ikiw.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/working-the-wiki-way.jpg

Create an account on Wetpaint

Then, choose a template

Update your profile

Invite your students, colleagues and friends to collaborate.

References Further reading: The Centre for educational technologies. Wikis. [On line]. Available at http://cet.emory.edu/cet/wikis.cfm What is a wiki. [On line]. Available at: http:// www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title = What_is_a_Wiki Maestros del Web. ¿Qué es un wiki? [En línea]. Available at: http:// www.maestrosdelweb.com/editorial/queeswiki / Top 28 wiki sites. http://lists.econsultant.com/top-best-wikis-websites.html Wikis: Wikieducator: http:// wikieducator.org/Main_Page . Images: http://www.dogbitelaw.wikispaces.net/file/view/hands.jpg/34227495 http://cet.emory.edu/images/wikipedia.jpg http://www.ikiw.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/working-the-wiki-way.jpg Video: http:// www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id =20514

Further reading:

The Centre for educational technologies. Wikis. [On line]. Available at http://cet.emory.edu/cet/wikis.cfm

What is a wiki. [On line]. Available at: http:// www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title = What_is_a_Wiki

Maestros del Web. ¿Qué es un wiki? [En línea]. Available at: http:// www.maestrosdelweb.com/editorial/queeswiki /

Top 28 wiki sites. http://lists.econsultant.com/top-best-wikis-websites.html

Wikis:

Wikieducator: http:// wikieducator.org/Main_Page

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Images:

http://www.dogbitelaw.wikispaces.net/file/view/hands.jpg/34227495

http://cet.emory.edu/images/wikipedia.jpg

http://www.ikiw.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/working-the-wiki-way.jpg

Video:

http:// www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id =20514

Thank you very much!